| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1) What is the worlds highest mountain? | Everest | 97%
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| 4) What is the most populated countryon Earth? | India | 95%
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| 5) What is the largest river by volume? | Amazon | 93%
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| 2) In what range is the above located in? | Himalayas | 93%
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| 6) Along with the above, this major river isdisputed as the longest | Nile | 89%
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| 3) What is the worlds most populous city? | Tokyo | 89%
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| 12) Bern is the capital of which country? | Switzerland | 88%
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| 40) Kiwi is the national bird of this country | New Zealand | 87%
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| 7) What mythical mountain were the Greekgods said to reside? | Olympus | 87%
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| 18) Charles De Gaulle serves which major city? | Paris | 85%
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| 11) What is the furthest western capital on the Europeanmainland? | Lisbon | 84%
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| 9) What young pharaohs tomb sat undiscovered for 3000 years until1922? | Tutankhamun | 84%
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| 13) Russia and Belarus use this currency | Ruble | 83%
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| 15) What is the biggest city in South America? | Sao Paulo | 83%
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| 58) What is the largest city in Canada? | Toronto | 83%
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| 19) What sea/strait separates the US from Russia? | Bering | 82%
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| 14) What major city was formerly the Aztec capitalof Tenochtitlan? | Mexico City | 82%
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| 27) What is the biggest city in Scotland? | Glasgow | 80%
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| 48) China disputes claim of this island nation | Taiwan | 79%
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| 10) What is the longest river in Europe? | Volga | 79%
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| 44) In what city would you find the Brandenburg Gate? | Berlin | 78%
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| 25) Easter Island belongs to which country? | Chile | 78%
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| 31) Argentina and the UK dispute claims over this territory in the South Atlantic | Falkland | 78%
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| 61) What country are lemurs native to? | Madagascar | 78%
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| 87) This wealthy micronation on the French Riviera is home to Monte Carlo and the F1 Grand Prix | Monaco | 78%
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| 43) This canal between Africa and Asia is a vital intercontinentalshipping route | Suez | 78%
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| 92) The Parthenon is located in which city? | Athens | 77%
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| 63) The largest of the US Great Lakes | Superior | 77%
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| 21) What is the vast, remote tundra of eastern Russia called? | Siberia | 76%
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| 45) Old Trafford football stadium is in which city? | Manchester | 75%
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| 38) This island is home to over 800 indigenous languages | Papua New Guinea | 75%
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| 81) What is the only South American country where Dutch is an official language? | Suriname | 75%
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| 88) This ancient Egyptian city once housed the worlds largest library | Alexandria | 74%
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| 26) Western Sahara is a disputed territory currently overseenmostly by this country | Morocco | 74%
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| 37) In what body of water is Bahrain located? | Persian Gulf | 74%
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| 36) Venezuela is home to this massive waterfall, the tallest in the world | Angel Falls | 73%
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| 97) What is both a US state and a country in the Caucuses? | Georgia | 73%
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| 32) This river forms the boundary between the US and Mexico | Rio Grande | 73%
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| 16) What is the name of the Egyptian peninsula thatis actually in Asia? | Sinai | 73%
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| 57) The Sistine Chapel is located in what country? | Vatican City | 73%
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| 23) What sea separates Greece from Turkey? | Aegean | 72%
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| 93) This Middle Eastern sea is named for its lack of wildlife due to high salt content | Dead Sea | 72%
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| 20) What Japanese city is famous for its prized steaks? | Kobe | 72%
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| 68) This mountainous country is completely surrounded by SouthAfrica | Lesotho | 72%
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| 55) The White Nile river flows from this lake up to the Mediterranean | 66) Melbourne is the largest city in this Australian province | Victoria | 72%
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| 83) This group of people in Pennsylvania are famous for their verytraditional values, farming life and use of horse/buggy | Amish | 71%
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| 95) These islands off of Ecuador inspired Charles Darwins theoryof Evolution | Galapagos | 71%
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| 82) Serbia claims disputed ownership of this small Europeancountry to its south | Kosovo | 71%
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| 72) Yankee Stadium is located in this borough of New York | Bronx | 69%
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| 33) What is the highest mountain in North America? | Denali | 69%
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| 22) The Swiss village of Zermatt lies at the foothills of thisfamous mountain | Matterhorn | 69%
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| 67) Gotland is a small island in the Baltic Sea belonging to | Sweden | 69%
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| 54) What is the furthest southern capital in the world? | Wellington | 69%
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| 91) This city is regarded as the de facto capital of the EU | Brussels | 68%
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| 98) Baku, Azerbaijan is a port capital on which sea? | Caspian | 68%
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| 100) What major city is closest to Mt Vesuvius and the Pompeii ruins? | Naples | 68%
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| 50) In what city was Mozart born? | Salzburg | 68%
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| 35) In what city is the Taj Mahal located? | Agra | 67%
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| 47) What is the worlds deepest lake? | Baikal | 67%
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| 30) Spain owns this chain of volcanic islands off the coast ofWestern Africa | Canary | 67%
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| 34) What is the name of the vast, remote part of Queensland andcentral Australia? | Outback | 67%
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| 24) Shekel is the currency used in which country? | Israel | 66%
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| 69) This Swedish city is connected to Copenhagen, Denmark viathe Oresund Bridge | Malmo | 65%
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| 76) The ancient ruins of Carthage can be found in this capital | Tunis | 65%
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| 73) Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is the worlds busiest airport located inwhich city? | Atlanta | 64%
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| 51) This capital is also called the Mile High City | Denver | 64%
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| 80) Pakistani megacity on the Arabian Sea coast | Karachi | 64%
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| 28) What is the Dutch speaking part of Belgium called? | Flanders | 63%
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| 52) The Shroud of Jesus is kept in this Italian city | Turin | 63%
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| 17) On what mountain was Noahs Ark said to have landed? | Ararat | 62%
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| 74) In what city would you find Europes busiest sea port? | Rotterdam | 61%
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| 59) This 2000 mile long trail stretches from Georgia to Maine | Appalachian | 60%
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| 94) What northeast US city is often called "Beantown"? | Boston | 60%
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| 78) Magyarorszag is the native name of which country? | Hungary | 59%
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| 8) Where was Napoleon banished to after his defeat at Waterloo? | St Helena | 59%
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| 84) Calgary and Medicine Hat are cities in what province? | Alberta | 57%
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| 75) This Turkish port city was formerly called Smyrna during Greek rule | Izmir | 57%
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| 96) The ill fated Titanic was built in this port city | Belfast | 56%
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| 60) This major river stretches thru Indochina and forms much the Laos-Thai border | Mekong | 56%
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| 64) Crossing from Windsor, Ontario, what major US city would you be in? | Detroit | 55%
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| 29) What is the French speaking region of the above? | Wallonia | 55%
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| 39) What is the name for the chain of islands stretching from Alaskaout into the Pacific? | Aleutian | 54%
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| 65) Hrvatska is the native spelling of this country | Croatia | 54%
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| 77) This Chinese city is the site of Emperor Qin Shi Huangs terracotta warriors | Xian | 52%
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| 79) Which country abolished its military in 1948? | Costa Rica | 51%
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| 70) The remote Kerguelen Islands are an overseas territory of whichcountry? | France | 50%
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| 62) Dulles International Airport serves which city? | Washington DC | 49%
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| 99) What peninsula includes the continental portion of Denmark? | Jutland | 47%
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| 53) In what city is the Q1 tower, Australias' highest, located? | Gold Coast | 46%
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| 42) The stretch around the tip of South America is called Cape | Horn | 45%
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| 90) Guadalcanal was a major battle in WW2 that now belongs towhich country? | Solomon Islands | 37%
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| 89) This treacherous mountain pass spans the border of Pakistanand Afghanistan | Khyber | 34%
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| 46) What is the longest river in Ireland? | Shannon | 29%
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| 85) The Okavango Delta is located in which country? | Botswana | 28%
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| 41) The indigenous Maori name of the above nation | Aotearoa | 23%
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| 49) This treacherous stretch of sea separates the bottom of SouthAmerica from Antarctica | Drake Passage | 18%
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| 86) Which country uses the Metical as its currency? | Mozambique | 16%
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| 71) This city is often called the "capital of North Iceland" | Akureyri | 14%
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| 56) The Blue Nile flows from this Ethiopian lake to join the White Nile | Tana | 10%
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